Hello everyone! I updated much quicker with this chapter. "Yay me!" *Claps for herself*
...Enough weirdness.
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Written by: Ordinary Magic
Nothing but you,
How I wish it wasn't so.
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It creeps in, like a spider
Can't be killed, although I try and try to
But don't you see I'm falling?
Don't wanna love you
But I do.
-Stop This Song by Paramore-
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Chapter 7 I Think We're Alone Now
I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
-I Think We're Alone Now by The Birthday Massacre-
Akari trudged to the kitchen, movements slow and tired. Her legs felt like someone had attached lead to them just to torture her.
Only that wasn't really the case. The jogs with Kanako were beginning to take a toll on her. Call her lazy, exercise-challenged, sluggish, a slacker or a sloth but the truth was she was plain exhausted from the lack of use of her legs for running. She was also not used to waking at five in the morning every morning. It just wasn't done. It wasn't natural. How was a girl supposed to get enough sleep from waking up at that godforsaken time anyway?
Still she went, suffered, tortured herself...ok, so thats an exaggeration.
Its not that she disliked spending time with Kanako. Just the opposite. She liked Kanako a lot because she was fun to be around. Kanako was always able to make her laugh even when she was at her grumpiest.
The whole jogging thing was what was bugging her. She then decided that she would get used to it sooner or later. Hopefully.
Akari entered into the small and simple space that was her kitchen. She liked this kitchen as opposed the grandeur of her father's mansion. Her mum and her would always spend time talking after their meals. Not that she actually said much but her mum's chatter was enough for the both of them.
Nanami was already up and preparing breakfast. She was humming a tune Akari did not recognize. There a brief moment of wondering as too why her mum was so cheerful and when she saw her breakfast already made.
Weird. Mum doesn't usually prepare my breakfast.
Instantly her guard was up. The mini Akari in her brain was poised with a hand hovering overr the 'In Case of Emergency' switch. Her eyes carefully scoped out the entire kitchen. Nothing out of the ordinary could be spotted.
With the naked eye anyway.
Nanami smiled cheerfully at her. "Good morning, sweetie."
"Good morning, mum." Akari gingerly took a seat at the small table in the center of the kitchen.
"So, what are you going to do today?" Nanami asked, still in her unnaturally cheery voice.
Akari sipped her orange juice and glanced at calendar while still watching her mother out of the corner of her eye. Her mood was elated when she realized she had the whole day to herself. No school, no Host Club, no jogs. What could be better than that?
Thats right. Nothing.
"Take it easy," Akari answered with a smile of her own. She stretched her arms relaxing a little and reviewed the past week. Overall, this week had been really good. Hikaru and Kaoru were less annoying than usual and she only caught glimpses of the other members in school.
For once, life was good.
She bit into the toast her mum had prepared and pondered what she should do today, trying to get rid of the nagging feeling she had in the back of her mind that something was about to happen.
Something horrible.
Akari laughed it off. "What could possibly go wrong on a perfect day like this?"
Nanami laughed as well and Akari instantly noted the faint hint of hysteria in it. "Thats the spirit, dear."
"Akari dear, could you go down to the supermarket and buy some more milk after you're done eating," Nanami requested still having her back turned from Akari and bustling about with something Akari could not see from her position.
Akari polished off her toast and gave Nanami a funny look. "But you just opened a new carton. I can go tomorrow."
Nanami looked at the milk carton beside her. "Oh! You're right!" she said breezily, a little too breezily.
Akari gave Nanami a final look before closing her tired eyes and sipped her orange juice. Her mum's humming soon began to fade away. She could still vaguely feel the grip on her glass and set it down on the table for fear of dropping it.
"Oops!" Nanami exclaimed.
Nanami's voice came out clearly, jolting Akari from her almost nap. She also noticed the certain way Nanami had said 'oops!' sounded very much like an..
Actress Akari concluded.
She twisted around in her seat only to find milk splattered all over the floor. Nanami smiled sheepishly. "I guess you'll have to buy the milk today."
Akari narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "I guess so."
Akari had been minding her own business, walking down the road towards the grocery store after taking a cold shower which still did not free her from her lethargy, the money Nanami had given her jingling all the way when she was dragged into a fancy black car she should have seen coming. It wasn't a limousine but fancy black cars were a rarity in her neighborhood, so it should have stood out like a sore thumb. She inwardly cursed that the one time she wasn't actually paying attention tho her surroundings was the time she got kidnapped.
Maybe this was all a nightmare and she was actually still sound asleep in her bed. The weight of someone's hand on her arm proved otherwise.
She closed her eyes and sucked in air preparing to let out a bloodcurdling scream, assuming she had been kidnapped. Kidnappers tended to go after kids with rich parents and she was the daughter of the person who owned a huge law firm.
Hmm, speaking of that. She wondered why she didn't have body guards constantly around her. Maybe they were hiding. Her father did want her to have a normal childhood. Beefy body guards constantly surrounding her would deteriorate the chances. Though, did kidnappers have black, fancy cars? She did recall her dad having a few similar cars.
Right, enough about cars. Cars were cars either way you look at it. Back to her present situation. Being kidnapped.
It turned out she wasn't being kidnapped, and that she didn't have to scream and that as far as she knew kidnappers did not have fancy black cars for when she opened her eyes, she was greeted by the child-like face of Hunny and Mori's stoic one.
"Hunny-senpai, why are you kidnapping me?" Her voice was calm albeit surprised. Maybe it was because she was glad she wasn't being kidnapped. On the contrary, if the twins, Tamaki or Kyoya had done this, she would have screamed her head off but because it was Hunny and Mori, two members of the Host Club -besides Haruhi- that didn't annoy her as much, she remained composed.
Hunny beamed at her, "We're taking you out!"
She looked at him worriedly. "When you say 'we', do you mean, the entire Host Club?"
"Ah," Mori answered.
"B-but my mum, she's expecting me home with milk."
Hunny shook his head, smiling, "Your mum already agreed."
"W-what?" Akari spluttered. She felt the cellphone in her jeans pocket vibrate. She fished it out and saw the '1 new message' blinking on the screen.
I'm sorry I had to do this but you needed time with your friends.
Don't worry about the milk, I'll get it. Have fun at the amusement park!
Love, mum.
Her mind went spiraling. If only this was just a horrible nightmare.
Akari sighed as they waited at the gate of the amusement park for the others to come. Her back slumped against the wall while Hunny sat on Mori's shoulders, with a huge, excited smile on his face. While waiting, she concentrated on the different colors of the cars parked in the parking lot.
Blue, red, white, blue, green...
"Aka-chan, is the candy in the amusement park nice?" Hunny asked curiously.
She tore her eyes away from the cars and craned her neck to look at Hunny. "I don't really know, Hunny-senpai. I haven't actually been to a theme park but I guess they'll be nice."
Hunny cocked his head. "You haven't been to a theme park before?"
She rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably. "No, I haven't."
"Why?"
"I'm not really into things like that."
His face fell at her words. "Oh."
"But I'm sure I'll have fun," she said quickly.
Hunny's crestfallen face turned sunny again satisfied with her answer. "We'll have so much fun!" He swung his legs eagerly. "I can't wait to go in. Can you Takashi?"
Mori only nodded.
She turned back to the cars but found that she could not remember where she had left off. Akari sighed again. She felt it absurd that her mum would think she needed anymore time with them. It just didn't make any sense. She spent time with three of them all day at school. Anymore than that and she feared she might just go insane.
A fancy black car, very much like Hunny and Mori's pulled up by the sidewalk and out stepped Hikaru and Kaoru. Akari wondered if today was fancy black car day and not fancy black limousine day. They strode over to Akari, Hunny and Mori. "Yo," they greeted.
She hunched her shoulders and looked sourly at them. "Hey."
"Someone's looking down in the dumps," Hikaru said loudly in her ear.
Kaoru who stood on the other side of her smirked. "She always looks like that."
They snickered at Akari's expense. She thought of an obscenity in her head but did not proceed to say it aloud fearing the twins would inflict physical and mental damage on her. Her fateful encounter with them tying and gagging her was a burning reminder of what they were capable of.
After a while of tolerating Hikaru and Kaoru's jabs at her fashion sense, -tolerating as in coming up some of the lamest comeback that even a five-year old would consider pathetic and breathing deeply as to not throw a shouting fit- two other black cars pulled up. Kyoya stepped out of the first one. Her stomach did a funny little flip when she saw him coming out, looking extremely cool.
Did I just say that he looked cool. What the hell is wrong with me? I need to stop listening to those crazy girls in school.
Tamaki and a disgruntled Haruhi got out of the second one. Tamaki bounded up to them dragging Haruhi with Kyoya following behind them.
Tamaki clapped his hands happily. "I bet you're all wondering why I brought you here?"
"To waste the time of people who actually have better things to do," Akari mumbled.
"I second that. "Haruhi said bluntly.
Tamaki pouted. "No! I wanted all of us to experience the joys of amusement parks together!"
"No, thank you. Can I go home now?" Akari said whirling around.
Hunny's face fell. "Y-You don't want to join us, Aka-chan?"
Akari looked at his face and felt a twinge of guilt. "No, I want to join you." She cursed herself for being so easily manipulated.
Tamaki smiled brightly. "Shall we go then."
Hikaru and Kaoru shrugged. "Nothing else to do."
"This should be interesting," Kyoya agreed.
Akari heaved a sigh. This was going to be a long day.
The funfair was everything Akari imagined it to be. The scent of cotton-candy, ice-cream, popcorn and other assortments of sweets wafted in the air. It made her feel queasy. She could hear faint screams from the people riding the roller coasters. Children screamed in delight with parents following them. Teenagers about her age had chosen to come as couples as opposed to coming in a big group like she had. She felt a little nauseated when she saw a couple playing tonsil hockey in a corner, too wrapped up in each other to notice the rest of the world.
She shuddered. "Gross."
"That is quite inappropriate, I have to say," Kyoya said, walking instep with her.
Her eyes met his face. "You saw them too?"
"I believe everyone and anyone can see them."
Akari didn't say anything. For some reason she felt oddly embarrassed to be talking to Kyoya about something like that. She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her jeans and continued to eye the scene at the amusement park. She clamped her hand over her mouth when she yawned, remembering her mum's constant reminder that it was rude to yawn with your mouth wide open.
"Are you tired?" Kyoya inquired.
Akari nodded without looking at him.
"Well I hope you can bear it because Tamaki will probably want to ride all the rides."
"I can't imagine you riding a roller coaster," Akari said, giving him an amused smile.
He arched an eyebrow. "I won't be riding any but I'll watching by the sidelines."
"Tamaki-senpai will be upset." She frowned. "An upset Tamaki-senpai will be harder to handle."
"He''ll be too busy trying to prevent Hikaru and Kaoru from getting a seat next to Haruhi."
Akari followed Kyoya's gaze to Tamaki who was talking animatedly to Haruhi. Haruhi seemed annoyed but Tamaki didn't seem to notice. After a while, Haruhi smiled at something Tamaki had said.
"Probably." She watched Tamaki and Haruhi for a while more, her eyes speculative. "Kyoya-senpai?"
Kyoya glanced at her. "Yes."
"Does Tamaki-senpai like Haruhi as in like like her."
He smirked, "You've caught up."
"Is that a yes?" she asked in irritation.
"Tamaki doesn't notice that what he feels for Haruhi is more than just fatherly."
"You're not going to give him a push?"
Kyoya shrugged, "No. He isn't ready yet. Besides, its his matter not mine."
She smiled. "I guess that makes sense."
"Akari, is that you?" came a voice Akari recognized.
Akari turned around and saw Kanako walking up to her. "Kanako!" she said, smiling widely.
Kanako stopped and enveloped Akari in a hug, "What are you doing here?" She gave her a mock hurt look. "I invited you to come with me but you refused and yet here you are with-" she trailed off, finally taking notice of the seven people standing behind Akari.
"-them," she finished looking a little gob smacked. Her eyes carefully analyzed each of them. She blinked and was back to normal.
"So, you ditched me for them," she said placing her palm on her forehead dramatically.
"My mum forced me. Trust me I don't want to be here." Akari muttered.
"Akari, who is this?" Tamaki asked going up next to her.
Kanako stuck out her hand, "Kanako Matsuda, next door neighbor and friend of Akari."
Tamaki shook her hand, "Its nice to meet you. I am sure you know who I am for I am certain Akari has told you a lot about us."
Kanako stared blankly at him and raised an eyebrow. "Sorry to break to it to you but Akari hasn't told me anything about you."
Tamaki's face crumpled in dismay. Kanako shrugged and continued on, completely oblivious to Tamaki's reaction. "Besides that she finds you all very annoying. I think she said the one that calls her 'niece' is the most annoying."
Tamaki instantly went into a corner and weeped. Kanako looked strangely at him before turning back to Akari. "You weren't joking when you said these people are weird."
"I told you," Akari deadpanned.
Kanako grinned at Akari, "But I can see looks-wise why the girls at your school go 'Kyaa!' when they see them." She lowered her voice, "They are fine."
"They are?" Akari asked. "You must be delusional." Kanako wasn't delusional, Akari knew that. She just didn't want to admit to the fact that they were more than just 'fine.' Deep down, she knew that the girls at her school were justified whenever they swooned at the sight of the Host Club.
Too bad their personalities aren't as good. Then again who am I to say that.
Kanako gave Akari a weird look. Her eyes flickered towards Kyoya who was standing a step behind Akari, closer than the others were and back to Akari. A flash of recognition passed through her eyes.
"Oi! Kanako! Get over here, Rei is looking green!" a male voice shouted from afar.
Kanako looked at a guy who had another guy leaning on his shoulder. She turned back to Akari and gave her a hug goodbye. "Well, I've got to go, my friend is in trouble." She looked at the Host Club, "It was nice meeting you."
"Catch you later, Akari." With a final wave, Kanako disappeared into the crowd.
Tamaki grabbed Akari by the shoulders eyes brimming with tears. "Am I annoying, my dear niece?"
"Sometimes," Akari admitted without hesitation.
"My niece hates me!" Tamaki cried, going into his corner once again. This time a puddle could be seen forming around his feet.
"Senpai, can we hurry up and go on some rides," Haruhi grumbled.
Tamaki still stayed in his corner.
"Just so you know Akari, this is not fault." Kyoya said calmly but Akari could his accusatory tone underneath it, opposing the statement he had just made.
Akari exhaled slowly, understanding what Kyoya meant. "Tamaki-senpai I don't hate you. You're a very nice person."
Tamaki instantly brightened. "Okay! Lets go!"
Akari watched as Tamaki bounced to Haruhi who backed away slowly. "That was fast."
They ended up choosing the roller coaster with the most loops and turns. Technically, Hikaru and Kaoru chose it and 'persuaded' everyone to ride it.
Methods of Persuasion by Hikaru and Kaoru.
Tamaki- "Fine Tono, you don't have to ride it. We'll just ride it with Akari and Haruhi without you."
Haruhi and Akari. "Come on, it'll be fun. " They then proceeded to drag Akari and Haruhi to the roller coaster.
Kyoya- No persuasion needed by them
Hunny- No persuasion needed by them.
Mori- No persuasion needed by them.
It was a big mistake.
Akari slumped in her chair and held her head still to stop the world from spinning. Her face was an ugly shade of green right about now. She wasn't the only one. All of them were green and looked like they might just pass out soon.
Excluding Mori and Kyoya.
Akari was amazed that Mori had remained expressionless throughout the entire roller coaster ride. Even when he came off, unlike everyone who looked like they were going to puke or were puking, Mori looked normal.
Kyoya didn't ride the roller coaster, so he didn't count. Tamaki begged and pleaded for him to join them but Kyoya didn't even budge. Tamaki would have continued if he hadn't gotten distracted by Hikaru and Kaoru who were dragging Haruhi towards the roller coaster.
"No more rides." Akari said, when everything stopped spinning. She retied her ponytail which had come loose.
Tamaki also recovered, no longer looking like he needed a bucket, "Akari is right." He pouted. "But I don't want to go home yet."
Hikaru slammed a flyer on the table, "What about this?" he asked.
Everyone peered over to the flyer on the table. On it was a rundown house with cobwebs and spiders decorating it. A Frankenstein was printed with a word bubble that read, 'Think you're brave. Give yourself a test with our House of Horrors.'
Tamaki gulped. "A-a haunted house?"
Kaoru gave a Cheshire grin. "It'll be fun. You're not scared are you, Tono?"
Tamaki looked defiantly at him. "No, I'm not!"
"Then, to the House of Horrors we go." they chorused.
They looked up at the exact replica of the house on the flyer. This time however it was not just colors on a piece of paper. The clouds suddenly looked a little darker. Akari could imagine a sinister laugh emit from inside the house.
Akari looked uncertainly at it. "Are you sure about this?"
Tamaki quivered a little. "Of course."
The eight of them went up to the ticket booth. Behind the ticket booth was a girl who looked like she was dead bored. Occasionally a 'pop' sound would come from the bubblegum she was chewing. Her attitude took a radical change when she saw the Host Club approaching. She immediately straightened up and spat out her bubblegum
"Eight tickets, please," Tamaki said, giving her a dazzling smile.
Akari rolled her eyes when the girl blushed furiously and nodded. She gave Tamaki the tickets but before they could go, she stopped them.
"Wait! You can't all go in together." She took a deep breath. "You have to go two by two. Its to create a scarier effect."
"Oh okay," Tamaki said. Quickly he grabbed Haruhi's hand. "I'll be going with Haruhi."
"Great, " Haruhi mumbled.
"We'll be going together then," the twins said in unison.
"Takashi and me will be going with each other." Hunny said.
Akari blinked. "Wait, so that means..."
Akari jumped when a bloody corpse came out at her. She clutched at her heart which was beating extremely fast. "Damn."
"There's been so many things popping out that I would have thought you would get used to it," Kyoya said coolly.
"Shut up. Not everyone can be as calm as you," she retorted. Her eyes focused forward trying to resist the temptation to run out like a madwoman away from this haunted house and from him. Him being Kyoya that is.
The truth was Akari is and always was scared of ghost, ghouls, goblins, things that went bump, the works. She didn't want to come to this haunted house. She would rather barf her way through ten more roller coaster rides but her pride refused to let her. The twins constant mocking when they found out she was scared if she refused to come would be torturous.
Yes, she had pride. It wasn't much but it was enough for her to make it through the haunted house. She just wished she didn't have to endure it with Kyoya of all people.
Thank goodness the rest of the walk was normal enough. Other than a few scares for Akari when something popped out and Kyoya constantly annoying her, it was alright. She was relieved and almost cried out in joy when she saw the 'Exit' sign ahead of them. She went ahead of Kyoya, and would have skipped if she didn't know Kyoya was right behind her.
suddenly, a sallow and pale dummy holding out a knife swung forward towards Akari. She screamed and leaped backwards right into Kyoya and the two went stumbling backwards. Kyoya's back hit a wall hard. Before they even realized what was happening, they were tumbling backwards into a trap door that had been hidden by cobwebs and fake spiders. They hit the floor with a thud.
Akari's eyes flew open when the whooshing sound in her ears stopped only to find Kyoya lying beneath her. She froze.
His breath tickled her face when he spoke. She couldn't understand what he said and only saw his lips moving for she was too distracted by their proximity and her stomach doing multiple somersaults.
"Do I have to repeat myself?" There was a short pause of silence. "If you could please get off me," Kyoya repeated, his voice noticeably aggravated.
She managed to hear him this time and she quickly scrambled off him, glad it was dark for she could feel heat creep up to her cheeks and all the way to the roots of her hair. She sat away from him cross legged, her face still a violent shade of red while he looked around.
The place they had stumbled upon was a dark and windowless room. Fragments of light still shone from the open trapdoor that was a good twelve feet above them. The only way out was the way they came in.
Kyoya rubbed his temples in irritation.
"I'm sorry, "Akari said somewhat lamely.
Kyoya glared at her in response. "I suppose, we'll just have to wait."
Akari crossed her arms. "How long has it been?"
Kyoya glanced at his watch. "Fifteen minutes."
"They should be finding us soon," Akari squeaked.
He pushed his glasses with his index finger. "They should."
"Stay away from my daughter!" Tamaki shouted when a mummy came out and tried to grab Haruhi. He delivered a swift punch to the jawbone of the mummmy but not before they heard, "Gah! Dude, no!" come from the mummy.
"Senpai, you didn't have to go that far," Haruhi said as she looked at the person in the mummy suit, unconscious.
Tamaki hugged Haruhi. "Father was just protecting you."
Kyoya tapped his fingers impatiently. Akari edged further away from him, not wanting to be in the way of his fury.
She hugged herself, feeling cold. Very cold. She couldn't tell if it was the environment or Kyoya.
Kyoya glared at nothing in particular, his glare more pronounced since he was stuck in this dingy room.
It was definitely Kyoya.
Come on guys! Where are you?
"Ahhh!" a boy screamed, running away as fast as his skinny legs could carry him.
Hikaru and Kaoru who stood below the 'Exit' sign, cackling mercilessly. They took off their Dracula masks and sent wicked gazes to already disappearing boy.
"Told you it was a good idea to do this at the exit," Hikaru snickered.
Kaoru's eyes gleamed. "They're so relieved to see the exit that they get so scared when they see us."
"So that guy makes..."
"Four," Kaoru finished.
Hikaru exchanged a devilish smirk with Kaoru. "I wonder who's next?"
Akari started praying to Heaven's when she felt a murderous aura emit from Kyoya.
Normally she wouldn't be nervous but because this was entirely her fault, she needed all the help she could get.
That included the angels that were supposed to be helping her at this point.
Who am I kidding? I'M GOING TO DIE! I LOVE YOU MUM AND DAD!
"Takashi, I'm hungry," Hunny whined as they stood outside the House of Horrors, watching the twins wait for their next victim. "Can we go have some cake, please."
"Ah."
Hunny beamed, "Yay! Cake!" They went off in the opposite direction towards the food stalls.
"H-how long h-has i-it been?" Akari chattered out.
Kyoya raised an eyebrow. "Probably half an hour. Are you cold?"
"W-whatever do y-you m-mean?"
He didn't say anything but walked over to her side. He threw her his jacket. Without warning he sat next to her, trapping her between the wall and him.
She went red. 'W-what a-are you d-doing?"
Kyoya casually leaned against the wall. "Ensuring you don't freeze. I doubt anyone would be happy if they found you frozen when I could have done something."
She wore his jacket and instantly she could his scent entered her nose. It smelled like soap and shampoo with something else she could not register. Along with that she could feel his warm body next to hers with their shoulders bumping into each other ever so slightly. She leaned slightly away from him to avoid her heart from going berserk from the rate of its beat. Slowly she stopped shivering and began to warm up. Still her heart beat remained erratic and her nerves were a wreck. She wondered if Kyoya could hear her heart beat in this silence because it was pounding into her ears.
"Why is it so cold?" Akari asked trying to fill up the silence.
"Probably because people think the coldness is associated with the supernatural," he explained. "Obviously they didn't expect anyone to get stuck in here because its so cold."
She huffed. "I said I was sorry." She paused. "Are you cold? If you are you, can have the jacket back."
"Are you worried about me?"
She blushed at the suggestion in his voice. "N-no! I mean it is your jacket."
He smiled patronizingly at her. "Thank you for your concern but I am fine."
"I'm not worried, "she repeated with a little more conviction.
He looked at her and raised an eyebrow as if considered the subject already closed. "Of course."
She opened her mouth to say something but decided against it, knowing Kyoya would only make more snide comments. She hugged herself and tried to lean as far as possible from him. She yawned and her eyelids began to droop. Her heartbeat slowed down, though still not quite to it normal pace. Still his scent lingered on but she found she could sleep easily with it, kind of an aromatherapy. It was comforting.
She wasn't supposed to feel this way. This was the person she found to be annoying, arrogant, and a downright pain in the ass. This was Kyoya.
This wasn't normal.
She couldn't sleep even though she so tired. She knew the only to get some shut eye was to think of a logical explanation that would let her mind be at ease. Then it came to her, the reason why she was so comfortable. It was just the pleasant change from bitter cold to cozy warm.
Anyone would feel comfortable after a change like that.
With that thought in mind, she was finally able to close her eyes, sleep and dream.
Kyoya was busy writing down the Host Club activities planned for next week in his black notebook, using what little light he had when he felt a weight on his shoulder. He wrinkled his nose when strands of auburn hair flirted across his face. His head shifted to the reason of his sudden immobility, Akari lying peacefully on his shoulder. Her hair fell into her eyes and her breathing was steady and there was a smile on her lips even when she muttered something along the lines of 'idiot.'
"I wasn't the one who placed us in this predicament," he said dryly before he caught himself. Feeling silly for talking to someone who was asleep, he turned his attention back to his notes.
"Kyoya-senpai."
Kyoya turned to see Akari still sleeping and then she said, voice barely audible, "You're not so bad."
Interesting Kyoya thought in amusement.
"Kyoya! Akari! Are you down there?"
Akari opened her eyes blearily at the sound of Tamaki's loud and frantic voice coming from above her.
"Yes Tamaki, we're here." Kyoya called back.
Akari looked at him sleepily. "Are we being rescued?"
Kyoya moved away from her and stood up. "Yes, we are."
She stretched then stood up as well, rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes. She took off Kyoya's jacket and handed it to him. "How long was I out?"
He took the jacket and shrugged it on. "Quite awhile."
"We're lowering down the ladder," Tamaki shouted. In seconds they saw a long ladder slowly coming down from the trap door.
"Ladies first," Kyoya said, gesturing towards the ladder.
She resisted rolling her eyes. "You are such a gentleman. Not."
Sunlight poured onto the ground and the air was warm. She breathed deeply. It was so good to be out. She stiffened when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her.
"Are you alright my dear niece." Tamaki fretted.
She scowled darkly at him. Tamaki took a hasty step back. "Eh-heh. Akari?"
"What took you so long?" Akari demanded, her voice laced with venom.
Tamaki shrank away from her. "I'm sorry."
She stuffed her hands in her pockets and started walking away from them, muttering curse after curse. Hikaru and Kaoru caught up and walked with her, each on either side of her.
"So, how was it like being stuck with Kyoya-senpai in that trap-door room?" Hikaru asked.
She frowned. "Terrible. I was dead tired, it was cold and I was pretty sure Kyoya-senpai was going to kill me."
Kaoru widened his eyes and looked at her in interest. "Why would Kyoya-senpai want to kill you?"
Akari gave them a sheepish look. "It was kinda my fault that we got stuck in there." Her expression quickly turned into a scowl. "I wouldn't have to worry about Kyoya-senpai killing me if you guys came faster."
"We were busy."
"Busy? Are you kidding me?" she hissed.
"You cant blame us for your mistake." Hikaru chided.
"Thats very irresponsible of you." Kaoru added.
Her eyebrow twitched. It was one thing thing being reprimanded by her mum but a whole different one when it was by Hikaru and Kaoru, reincarnations of the devil. Fortunately, after a while they got bored from pestering her and went over to Haruhi.
They wrapped their arms around Haruhi. "Haruhi, how about you come back home with us."
"No thank you, " she replied curtly.
"Get away from my daughter you unscrupulous twins!" Tamaki yelled.
Akari stopped walking and waited up for them to finish their argument as she didn't have any other ride back home. At this point though, she was contemplating on just walking home. They going at it like there was no tomorrow. "Typical."
"I wasn't going t kill you by the way," a voice said interrupting her thoughts.
Akari turned around to face Kyoya. She raised a critical eyebrow. "Could have fooled me."
"Killing you wold have been a good way to relieve my anger but going to jail is not exactly enticing," he said.
"Trust me you going to jail would do all of us a favor."
"I doubt that." He smiled, sending shivers down her spine. It was the smile that told her he knew something she didn't. It was the smile that never ended well.
For her.
"You would miss me."
She blinked for a moment, digesting his words and laughed even if the shivers were still there. "Miss you? Hah! As if. The day I miss you is when the 'Happy Birthday' song is copyrighted."
He took a step towards her. "I wonder if you know that it is copyrighted."
Her jaw dropped and she hastened to rearrange her thoughts.. "Yeah well, so what? Still doesn't mean I'll miss you," she finished lamely before stomping off but not before she caught the smug smile on his face.
Stupid, conceited, idiotic fathead. If I will ever miss him then let there be thunder.
The sound of thunder rumbled across the theme park. A look of fear flashed across Haruhi's face and she grabbed the nearest thing she could which happened to be Tamaki's hand. This caused him to blush a thousand different shades of red.
"We should head towards the limos," Kyoya ordered.
Everyone began to walk towards the exit. Akari looked up at the sky which she was pretty sure had just been a beautiful hue of blue but was now a gloomy gray. Dark clouds loomed menacingly over her. She gazed at the sky questioningly. Are you trying to tell me something?
Another thunder rumbled, this time louder and fiercer. She quivered a little in her sneakers and pulled her gaze away from the sky and back to the ground. The others were already walking ahead of her. Her steps quickened to catch up with them. She caught sight of Kyoya walking calmly in front of everyone.
She grimaced and dragged her feet, an air of frustration around her. Because if you are, I'm not listening.
Inspiration: Well, usually I just get sudden bursts of inspiration out of nowhere but this time I have to thank Gakuen Alice, episode 18 for the inspiration. I was in a rut until I watched it (again). The only thing I actually took from it was the two main characters (Mikan and Natsume) getting stuck in the haunted house.
Hope you liked it. I live on reviews =)